It’s not easy being green
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Green Machines, Motor Shows | No Comments »If you could sum up the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in one word it would be "hybrid". No longer the realm of cardigan-wearing Toyotas, the cool kids all got electricity sets for Christmas and have been waiting for the first ...
Geneva: Ferrari ‘Vettura Laboratorio’ HY-KERS
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Ferrari, Green Machines, Motor Shows | 4 Comments »It would appear that hybrid technology is the new black at the Geneva Motor Show this year, with even Ferrari getting in on the act with their HY-KERS model. Based on the 599 GTB Fiorano the 'vettura laboratorio' (experimental vehicle) ...
VIDEO: Porsche hybrid drive promo
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green Machines, Porsche | No Comments »Following today's earlier news about the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid comes this 12 minute promo on Porsche's hybrid technologies. Shown below, in two parts, the videos give a great introduction to the way Porsche is utilising a number of different ...
MINI E - looking for a plug down under
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, MINI | No Comments »According to a report in The Age BMW Australia is making preparations to bring the MINI E down under. The all electric-powered MINI has been operating on trial lease agreements in the United States since late 2008. The MINI E ...
Trabant makes a MINI
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in Green Machines | 1 Comment »This is the Trabant nT, a new concept car from those former East German funsters. Shaking off the old technology tag in a big, big way this 21st century Trabbie is an all electric powered beast. It even has a ...
theSwitchback drives the MINI E
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, MINI | No Comments »The MINI E has recently showed its face in England and Paul from the MINI specialist website theSwitchback was there to see what all the fuss is about. Safe to say that driving the MINI E, or any fully electric ...
Frankfurt: Volkswagen E-Up!
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, Motor Shows, Volkswagen | 4 Comments »Cute little city car, here we come! That’s the first thought when you see Volkswagen’s new zero emissions E-Up! concept. The company has high hopes for the car and has described it the “Beetle of the 21st Century”. Tipping the scales ...
Peugeot’s clean, green AWD coupé
Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, Peugeot | 2 Comments »You may remember the pics and details from Peugeot's Audi TT clone that were about released a month ago. Now, Peugeot has announced that they want a piece of the green market too, with this RCZ HYbrid4 concept. Headline figures are ...
Volkswagen 1 litre teaser
Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, Volkswagen | No Comments »Things have been a bit quiet in car land for the last day or two. The calm before the Frankfurt storm, clearly. One little tidbit that has popped up, though, is this nifty little gadget from Volkswagen. It is a ...
Audi R8 electric shock?
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Audi, Green Machines | 1 Comment »Now that we have whet your appetite for Audi R8 production, fancy an electric powered supercar? Well, the rumour doing the rounds is that Audi will be releasing a "e-version" of the R8 at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. This ...
A greener shade of pale
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Green Machines | No Comments »Electric powered cars—the green and sustainable future of motoring right? Well, that all depends on where the power is sourced to recharge the battery. GoAuto have an interesting article that scrapes the surface of this sometimes heated and controversial subject. In ...
Fill ‘er up thanks mate
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines | No Comments »The search for alternative fuels to power our cars has seen manufacturers spend millions on research and development. Current thinking is leading us towards electricity as an energy source. Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, such as the Honda FCX ...
E is for England
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, MINI | 1 Comment »The electric powered MINI E has just been approved for a UK-based trial, with cars expected to be on England's roads before the end of the year. BMW Group has been granted funding to implement the trial from the UK Government’s ...
MINI F?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, MINI | No Comments »Customer deliveries of MINI's all electric zero emission MINI E have recently begun. So, with the MINI E out on the streets we can cut through the PR hype and see just how good this car really is. Will the ...
MINI E enters the blogosphere
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Posted in Green Machines, MINI | No Comments »It is with regret that AUSmotive HQ won't be able get its hands on the funky zero emission MINI E. Of course, this is due to the simple fact we live in the wrong hemisphere. However, US motoring website Edmunds.com ...
